Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

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Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi was a prominent 19th–20th century Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist, theologian, and founder of the Barelvi movement in South Asia, renowned for his extensive writings and staunch defense of traditional Sunni beliefs.

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instanceOf Islamic jurist
Sufi scholar
Sunni Islamic scholar
founder of religious movement
mujaddid
birthDate 1856-06-14
birthPlace Bareilly, North-Western Provinces, British India NERFINISHED
burialPlace Bareilly Sharif Dargah, Bareilly NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship British India
creed Maturidi NERFINISHED
deathDate 1921-10-28
deathPlace Bareilly, United Provinces, British India NERFINISHED
denomination Sunni Islam
era 19th century
20th century
fieldOfWork Qur’anic exegesis
Sufism
fiqh
hadith studies
kalam
founded Barelvi movement NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Ala Hazrat NERFINISHED
Imam Ahmed Raza NERFINISHED
influenced South Asian Sunni Barelvi communities
issuedFatwasOn ritual practice
social and legal issues
theology
knownFor defense of traditional Sunni beliefs
extensive Islamic writings
fatwas against Deobandi and Ahl-i Hadith doctrines
promotion of love and veneration of the Prophet Muhammad
languageOfWork Arabic
Persian
Urdu
movement Barelvi movement NERFINISHED
name Ahmed Raza Khan NERFINISHED
notableWork Fatawa Razawiyya NERFINISHED
Husam al-Haramayn NERFINISHED
Kanz al-Iman (Urdu translation of the Qur’an) NERFINISHED
opposedDoctrine Ahl-i Hadith literalism
Deobandi reformist theology
religion Islam
schoolOfJurisprudence Hanafi
sufiOrder Qadiri NERFINISHED
supportedDoctrine celebration of Mawlid
intercession of the Prophet Muhammad
seeking blessings (tabarruk) from pious persons and relics
viewOnProphet affirmed the Prophet’s knowledge of the unseen by Allah’s grant
affirmed the Prophet’s light (nur) status in a theological sense

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